To abate is an action, to become less, as in "The rain has abated".
To mitigate is to have the effect of reducing the effect of a given cause, as in "Watering the garden has mitigated the effects of the lack of rain." A mitigating factor is always something that makes a effect less severe.
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To abate is an action, to become less, as in "The rain has abated".
To mitigate is to have the effect of reducing the effect of a given cause, as in "Watering the garden has mitigated the effects of the lack of rain." A mitigating factor is always something that makes a effect less severe.
abate
to become weaker : to decrease in strength
▪ We waited for the wind/storm to abate.
▪ The excitement has abated.
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mitigate
to reduce the harmful effects of something
"Only international co-operation can mitigate environmental damage."
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Abate deals with strength and mitigate deals with harmful effect.
to mitigate is to mollify or appease, to lessen the severity violence or evil of something.
used in legal sense mitigating circumstances would count in the defendants favor for reducing severity of sentence.
abate means to lessen or grow less., abolish, to nullify, to bring down, to MITIGATE, to blunt,to curtail,